Chap. V. The HIS T 0 R Y of the PuRITANs. 14-5 it both popi (h and idol atrous. His paifdges of fcripture are nothing to _the K. C ha rles f, purpofe, for kneeling btjore the L?rd our maker, has no relation to bowing ~ to the altar; nor is there any canon or injunction of the church to fupport the praCtice. The archbiihop confelfes, that there is neither c,won nor injunCtion To tbe glo– for fianding up at the gloria patri, which mufi therefore be an innovation, na patr! and d ' f · · h h ffi f h r: f ' · d · bowmg at the an JS o no greater ant1qmty t an t e o ce o t e ma1s, or t!S en- name of Jeved from the ordo romanus, as appears from the works of Calfander jus. p. 98. And though bowing at the name of JEsus be mentioned in the l' rJ nne, P· canons, yet thefe canons are not binding, not being confirmed by parlia- 6 4· ment, efpecially tince the homilies, the comm::>n· prayer-b:Jok, the arti • des of religion, and the book of ordination, which are the only authentick rules of the church, make no mention of it; nor was it ever introduced before the time of Pope Gregory X. who fidl: prebibed it; and from the councils of Bajil, Semzes, and Augufla, it was afterwards A.D. r43r. inferted into the roma1z ceremoniale; bdides, our be Cl: pro:eCl:ant wri ters have condemned the practice, Reading the fecond fervice at the altar when there is no cJmmunion, is '[', readin; contrary to the canons of 157r, and 1603. contrary to the queen's in- the J:cond junCtions, the homilies, the rubric in the common -prayer-book, and was fi 1~rvzce • .n.· r: d . . 11... h . f h h r d . .r rynne, p. never pra<..t!Je m panl11 c urches ttll o late, t oug ute 111 10rne ea- 492 • thedrals, where the rubric enjoins the communion to be adminifl:ered every funday in the year, which being omitted, the f econd Jervice at thetable was left to fupply it. The Lord's table was ordained only to admini[. ter the facrarnent, but the epifl:le and gofpel, which are the chief p1rts of the fecond fervice, are appointed to be read with the two leifons in the reading pew. As for CoPES, neither the common-prayer-book, nor book of ordina- To copes. tion, nor homilies confirmed by parliament, nor queen Elizabeth's in- lb. P· 64, junctions in her firfl: year, make any mention of them, though they are 479• 4Bo. evidently derived from the popiih w,1rdrobe, and the laCl: common-prayerbook of king Edward VI. exprefsly prohibits them. The 24th canon of I 6o3. enjoins only the chief mimfler to wear a cope at the adminill:- ration of the facrament, whereas the archbiihop prefcribed them to be worn by others befides the chief minifl:cr, and as well when the facrament was not adminfiered as when it was. But as we obferved before, thofe canons not being confirmed by parliament, expired wi th king J ames, and therefore can be no warra nt for their prefent ufe. Nor is the u[e of 1!zujick m .churches, or chaunting of prayers, of any great antiquity, be- Ib. p. 6 5 • mg firfi mtroduced by pope Vita/ian, and encouraged only by popifh A.D. 666. prelate~. VoL. II. u And
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